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Phyllotaxis: Draw Flowers Using Mathematics
Use R to make art and create imaginary flowers inspired by nature.
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Project Description
R is a tool for doing serious statistics and data analysis. But not everything in life can be serious, life is also beautiful, and R can make beautiful things too. R can make art.
The arrangement of leaves on a plant stem is ruled by spirals. This fact is called phyllotaxis and it is a nice example of how mathematics can describe patterns in nature. In this project, we will invent flowers using this fact.
This R project assumes you have familiarity with the ggplot2
package. If you want to see more examples of how you can use R to make art, you should check out
the Fronkonstin blog created by Antonio Sánchez Chinchón.
Project Tasks
- 1Patterns in nature
- 2Warming up: drawing points on a circle
- 3Make it harmonious with the Golden Angle
- 4Remove everything unnecessary
- 5A bit of makeup: size, color and transparency
- 6Play with aesthetics: the dandelion
- 7Put all it together: the sunflower
- 8What if you modify the angle?
- 9All together now: imaginary flowers
Technologies
R
Topics
Data VisualizationAntonio Sánchez Chinchón
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